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then secretary of state clinton and then head of c.i.a. general petraeus that we provide weapons to the resistance in syria? did you support that? >> we did. >> you did support that. >> we did. >> suarez: so far, the president's judgment has been that things won't get better with american arms. instead, he's warned the weapons might fall into the hands of extremist elements, a concern reitatedodayy the new secretary of state, who was asked about the deliberations last year. >> i don't know what the discussions were in the white house and i'm not going backwards. the new administration, we're going forward from this point. there are serious questions about al nusra and a.q.i.-- al qaeda in iraq-- and other violent groups on ground. >> suarez: those groups are among the most effective fighters against the assad regime. they include jabhat al nusra, which the u.s. has declared a terrorist organization. but last november, a top rebel commander in northern syria, colonel abdul jabaar al aikidi, told "the newshour's" margaret warner the u.s. rea
then secretary of state clinton and then head of c.i.a. general petraeus that we provide weapons to the resistance in syria? did you support that? >> we did. >> you did support that. >> we did. >> suarez: so far, the president's judgment has been that things won't get better with american arms. instead, he's warned the weapons might fall into the hands of extremist elements, a concern reitatedodayy the new secretary of state, who was asked about the deliberations last...
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then there's the clinton, bill clinton's generation. people who came of age in the 90's and then there are what i call the true obamians are people who didn't serve on foreign policy in state or defense or anything until this administration. and they're the ones that i think have a different perspective on the world. >> rose: let's talk about that. the first group is the holbrook represented the longest serving the the then hillary clinton, leon panetta. >> tom donald -- and then a whole bunch of people, michelle was the undersecretary of defense, curt campbell, a whole bunch of people. jim stein becker the former deputy secretary of state. the people who came of age and began working on foreign policy in the 90's. >> rose: who was for what? >> i think that 90' so the holbrook generation always had in mind the disaster in vietnam. it's not that they were necessarily, and i warned people they weren't really of the left wing of the democrat party sometimes they campaigned against left wing but they had to deal with vietnam. the second gen
then there's the clinton, bill clinton's generation. people who came of age in the 90's and then there are what i call the true obamians are people who didn't serve on foreign policy in state or defense or anything until this administration. and they're the ones that i think have a different perspective on the world. >> rose: let's talk about that. the first group is the holbrook represented the longest serving the the then hillary clinton, leon panetta. >> tom donald -- and then a...
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you know, should there be a clinton style reinvention. and i think he had the sense that maybe he was defined by the financial crisis, not by what he wanted to do. but i think in general it's safe to say he's not a person who believes in these reinvention campaigns. and so he wanted to, i think there was a sense that maybe they need to rediscover and not reinvent obama but go back to the core principles. and the core principles in the 2004 convention speech or 2008 speech was that he is a democrat who believes that we're one america, that we're one country. and that we can talk to each other. and that was what drew nips to him in the first place. that was what he lost, i think, in 2009 and 2010. and now obviously he's got to win back independence and the way to do that, is to be who pu were when you won them in the first place. and so i think it is back to first principleses. rather than some move to the center or some reinvention campaign. >> do you believe that the independence are in play, that, in fact, as they went withim in 2008 and
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>> he doesn't feel the poetry of politics as even stalin did. >> rose: clinton does. >> clinton's very eloquent. >> rose: but, i mean, he feels the poetry but he's no... h h no fan in chris hitchens. >> no, hitch loathes clinton. and i think obama has a great feeling for the poetry of... >> rose: certainly the words more than the heart. >> i think he has the heart. there was a... i love obama. and when people criticize him i feel as if they're criticize ago member of my family. >> rose: do you really. >> yeah. >> rose: because he made america young again or... well... >> rose: he made america thinking again? >> what a terrific writer in the white house. the last time that was true, i think, was lincoln. there was an old science fiction film 20 years ago called "the brother from another planet." >> rose: right, of course. >> and it had a very good song. >> rose: didn't john what's his name make a movie about it? "the brother from another planet? >> yeah, and i always thought of obama as "the brother from another planet." because in the film he comes and sees the absurdities of earth and
>> he doesn't feel the poetry of politics as even stalin did. >> rose: clinton does. >> clinton's very eloquent. >> rose: but, i mean, he feels the poetry but he's no... h h no fan in chris hitchens. >> no, hitch loathes clinton. and i think obama has a great feeling for the poetry of... >> rose: certainly the words more than the heart. >> i think he has the heart. there was a... i love obama. and when people criticize him i feel as if they're criticize...
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a forward by former president clinton. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
a forward by former president clinton. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
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. >>> in jerusalem, with secretary of state clinton on hand, the israeli and palestinian leaders continued talks aimed at middle east peace. onef the toughest and most immediate issues is israeli settlements on land in the west bank the palestinians insist is theirs. on september 26, israel's self-imposed moratorium on more settlement construction expires, and no one knows whether israel will then start building again, and if it does, whether the palestinians will walk out of the talks. fred de sam lazaro visited the dry and windy west bank. >> gilad freund has spent much of his adult life here as a farmer, an occupation not commonly associated with his roots in new york city. but as a jew, freund says he has his own concept of roots and geography. >> i was brought up to believe that the jewish people have a historical strong connection with the land of israel, and even though there's a good life in america, i felt that it was an important step for me to come here. >> freund arrived 30 years ago and settled in the village of tekoa, about 30 miles from jerusalem, a place that dates back to
. >>> in jerusalem, with secretary of state clinton on hand, the israeli and palestinian leaders continued talks aimed at middle east peace. onef the toughest and most immediate issues is israeli settlements on land in the west bank the palestinians insist is theirs. on september 26, israel's self-imposed moratorium on more settlement construction expires, and no one knows whether israel will then start building again, and if it does, whether the palestinians will walk out of the...
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this is not a guy who wander from young age like obama or clinton, who wanted to be a leader. he is the son of a president who ended up in the presidency, and he likes to come out of the limelight again and will as soon as the book tour is over. he is a decent guy, and part of the rehabilitation effort, which i think history is going to do, is the appreciation of how decent person he is and how that was sort of not overlooked but misunderstood deep into his presidency when the policies went south. >> you think history will rehabilitate him, margaret? >> he is a gracious ex- president, but he was not a good president and his legacy is killing us. i actually read the book, and it is not that decisions were made well, but made quickly. he prides himself on this. he did not make the decision to quit on katrina. that is one of his few criticisms of himself. on waterboarding, he says "damn right." why? because his lawyers told him. and how you reconcile the sickening feeling about no weapons of mass destruction with no regrets about going to war? >> i have a different feeling readin
this is not a guy who wander from young age like obama or clinton, who wanted to be a leader. he is the son of a president who ended up in the presidency, and he likes to come out of the limelight again and will as soon as the book tour is over. he is a decent guy, and part of the rehabilitation effort, which i think history is going to do, is the appreciation of how decent person he is and how that was sort of not overlooked but misunderstood deep into his presidency when the policies went...
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. >> i have news for you -- the current democratic president is called obama, not clinton. >> but you are asking him to undo in three years what bush did for eight years. >> when the president goes on television, as he did on monday of last week, to redress our crisis, and starch with -- starts with "george bush," your eyes will. he has been in office for three years. take responsibility. be a grown up here you have run america on growth and change for three years, and what did you get? a growth rate of under 3%. >> did the bush tax cuts yield anything? >> [unintelligible] >> republicans are still fighting to keep the bush tax cuts. >> the 1984 campaign of ronald reagan in his reelection. in every of the statement, he was running against the kaiser mondale policies. he did not hesitate to run a rerun. the campaign of 1980. you know, the idea that nobody should mention -- george bush has been the most circumspect for president in our history. he has taken away any target that the democrats might have, much to their regret and chagrin, but i think reality is that this was not the first
. >> i have news for you -- the current democratic president is called obama, not clinton. >> but you are asking him to undo in three years what bush did for eight years. >> when the president goes on television, as he did on monday of last week, to redress our crisis, and starch with -- starts with "george bush," your eyes will. he has been in office for three years. take responsibility. be a grown up here you have run america on growth and change for three years,...
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first, what do you think of what unfolded today with secretary clinton? >> well, i think nick was right. the secretary has, obviously, got a great command of the facts. she's a goodspear. she's authoritative. and she was a member of congress. but it really was a lot of sound and fury sig niifying not very much. she didn't really answer questions about what happened in the run-up to the attack, why our response wasn't better, and all of these efforts to direct us to move forward and to learn these lessons really failed to understand that the way we move forward is by acknowledging exactly what went wrong. just saying "i take responsibility" is admirable and sounds gutsy but it doesn't really mean you're taking responsibility glowr what about what mick today. there's been this review. there are many recommendations and what she's saying, since that's the way to move forward is to implement it and learn from what happened. >> well, it's a very washington perspective. you know, we have our mr. ribbon commission. the truth is what happened, and the reason this
first, what do you think of what unfolded today with secretary clinton? >> well, i think nick was right. the secretary has, obviously, got a great command of the facts. she's a goodspear. she's authoritative. and she was a member of congress. but it really was a lot of sound and fury sig niifying not very much. she didn't really answer questions about what happened in the run-up to the attack, why our response wasn't better, and all of these efforts to direct us to move forward and to...
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bush, clinton, and obama administrations. he's now a counselor at the washington institute for near east policy. and khaled elgindy, a palestinian participant in the 2007 annapolis peace negotiations, and now a fellow at the saban center for middle east policy at the brookings institution. i want to start with you. your reading on where things stand tonight in termed of a pause or cease-fire. >> do think the outlines of the cease-fire have probably been shapedded at this point. i think the secretary of state is there and has a chance to finalize this by, in a sense, becoming the, i think, the repository of the commitments that each side has made. i think one of the things that's going on right now is trying to make certain that all the understandings are understood the same way by each side and whatever promises are being made will now be promises made to her as well. in effect she becomes almost the holder of those as a kind of deposit. that, i think, is a chance for the cease-fi to actuly be implemented and gives it more of
bush, clinton, and obama administrations. he's now a counselor at the washington institute for near east policy. and khaled elgindy, a palestinian participant in the 2007 annapolis peace negotiations, and now a fellow at the saban center for middle east policy at the brookings institution. i want to start with you. your reading on where things stand tonight in termed of a pause or cease-fire. >> do think the outlines of the cease-fire have probably been shapedded at this point. i think...
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instead of doing what clinton did and saying very early, "this is what we're going to do," he wanted to see what would happen as the legislative process unfolded. it didn't unfold as he thought it would unfold, but i think it's a little too easy for us to look back with 20/20 hindsight and say how naive he was. this is the way he's operated ever since he was a student in college, at law school, in the community organization world in chicago, the legislature, the senate-- listening to other people, hearing what they have to say, and finding the threat tledz that connect, apparently, different points of view so that you can enable people to find a way to reach agreement. >> rose: the argument against that would be that's what he believed and he believed he could do that because he is supremely confident. but he did not execute that idea well once he got to washington. that's the argument against it. >> right, and that's an argument that those of us in the academy can make with great confidence because we don't have to make that work. we don't have to deal with the recalcitrant congress
instead of doing what clinton did and saying very early, "this is what we're going to do," he wanted to see what would happen as the legislative process unfolded. it didn't unfold as he thought it would unfold, but i think it's a little too easy for us to look back with 20/20 hindsight and say how naive he was. this is the way he's operated ever since he was a student in college, at law school, in the community organization world in chicago, the legislature, the senate-- listening to...
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response came from secretary of state hillary clinton. in a statement, she said she is outraged by reports of the massacre, and she said "history will judge" the u.n. security council if it allows the slaughter to continue. for more on the situation in syria, we turn to elizabeth kenned the associated press's bureau chief in beirut. i spoke to her short while ago. >> elizabeth kennedy, welcome. is there anything you can add to that report we just heard from inside syria? >> well, we have spoken to activists in the area who do say that this is yet another massacre, that they're enduring another massacre in syria. and they are desperate for help f not from the outside, then some sort of release from more than a year of horrle vioncin syra. >> and we just heard that very firm comment from secretary of state clinton. what do we know about was's happening on the diplomatic front? >> the diplomatic process in syria right now is paralyzed. it's really struggling. there's been like i said more than a year of violence in syria. by some estimates 1
response came from secretary of state hillary clinton. in a statement, she said she is outraged by reports of the massacre, and she said "history will judge" the u.n. security council if it allows the slaughter to continue. for more on the situation in syria, we turn to elizabeth kenned the associated press's bureau chief in beirut. i spoke to her short while ago. >> elizabeth kennedy, welcome. is there anything you can add to that report we just heard from inside syria?...
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secretary clinton said the u.s. cannot and will not try to impose a final agreement on any of the points. instead, she echoed what president obama said last night before a dinner with the leaders-- that the moment to make peace is now, if they will grasp it. >> it is the shoulders of our predecessors upon which we stand. it is their work that we carry on. now, like each of them, we must ask, "do we have the wisdom and the courage to walk the path of peace?" >> woodruff: after today's meeting, the u.s. special envoy for middle east peace, former senator george mitchell, said netanyahu and abbas agreed to produce a framework agreement. he rejected the idea that the sheer number of disputes makes success impossible. >> but i don't think any human problem can be solved if one begins by viewing the problems as insurmountable, as suggesting that the mountains are too high and rivers are too wide, so let's not undertake the journey. >> woodruff: this journey will continue in two weeks, reportedly at an egyptian resort, wit
secretary clinton said the u.s. cannot and will not try to impose a final agreement on any of the points. instead, she echoed what president obama said last night before a dinner with the leaders-- that the moment to make peace is now, if they will grasp it. >> it is the shoulders of our predecessors upon which we stand. it is their work that we carry on. now, like each of them, we must ask, "do we have the wisdom and the courage to walk the path of peace?" >> woodruff:...
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clinton soldiers on in his absence. >> i say let's give the jobs to the man who has done the job so he can finish the job. >> woodruff: in his white house statement on the hurricane tod today, the president said politics would simply take a back seat for now. >> i am not worried at this point about the impact on the election. m worried about the impact on families. i'm worry about the impact on our first responders. i'm worried about the impact on our economy. and on transportation. the election will take care of itself next week. >> woodruff: in all, the hurricane forced cancellation of two dozen campaign events on both sides. it could spell trouble for early voting in a number of states. over the weekend, hundreds of people showed up at polling places in maryland, trying to get in their vote before sandy strikes. voting there was cnceled today. nearby virginia was one of several battle ground states in the storm's path. election officials there eased absentee voting requirements for those affected. all of that may create even more uncertainty in a race that's already a toss-up. a new
clinton soldiers on in his absence. >> i say let's give the jobs to the man who has done the job so he can finish the job. >> woodruff: in his white house statement on the hurricane tod today, the president said politics would simply take a back seat for now. >> i am not worried at this point about the impact on the election. m worried about the impact on families. i'm worry about the impact on our first responders. i'm worried about the impact on our economy. and on...
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. >> rose: i understand and i think was hillary clinton that once say "it takes a village". >> lots of people from different parts of the political spectrum have grasped towards this idea. but i think actually as speaking in a british context i think the conservative movement has some insights here, brings some insights to the table that as i say there are-- we shouldn't be-- we shouldn't see the government as a-- . >> rose: explain to me how if not just words, it's not just encouragement, it's not just public, a call to public citizen participation. >> well, first of all t is partsly that. ands there's nothing wrong withth calling the citizenship, citizen participation. and there's nothing wrong with using some of the nudge theory. >> rose: it hardly represents a new-- . >> let me give another example. which is real expansive. educational reform, one of the biggest problems under-- undertaken here which is to move away from an environment where it is the schools choosing pupils, we get pupils and parents choosing schools and there is a real parental choice and involvement and where pa
. >> rose: i understand and i think was hillary clinton that once say "it takes a village". >> lots of people from different parts of the political spectrum have grasped towards this idea. but i think actually as speaking in a british context i think the conservative movement has some insights here, brings some insights to the table that as i say there are-- we shouldn't be-- we shouldn't see the government as a-- . >> rose: explain to me how if not just words, it's...
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one is bill clinton got a round of sober applause for talking about the dark forces that brought this tragedy upon us and we recognize now that 15 plus years late that would be seen as almost a partisan divisive line the way that this event has been discussed the last day or so. also the very fact that bill clinton and ronald reagan before him had had these moments of national solemnity and commemoration at times of tragedy in a way makes people suspicious of too much eloquence by president obama in this case. there is a precedent for this. so i think it will be a very difficult speech for him to pull off but one that should play to all the ways in which he has been best through his past life and oratorical life as well of rising to this kind of challenge of saying let us think again about how we do business together as a nation on this occasion. >> i agree and i want to be clear that i'm completely agnostic on this guy's motivations. it seems he was suffering from terrible mental illness. i would disagree on one point that i do think there is a political ramification and it's the sam
one is bill clinton got a round of sober applause for talking about the dark forces that brought this tragedy upon us and we recognize now that 15 plus years late that would be seen as almost a partisan divisive line the way that this event has been discussed the last day or so. also the very fact that bill clinton and ronald reagan before him had had these moments of national solemnity and commemoration at times of tragedy in a way makes people suspicious of too much eloquence by president...
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clinton said meek wanted to talk about bowing out. >> he was concerned that he and governor crist seemed to have frozen the moderate and progressive votes. he thought that there was a majority of people who did not want mr. rubio to win the senate seat, and he was concerned about it, and he was trying to determine what was the best thing for him to do. >> suarez: but meek denied that he ever considered stepping aside or ever agreed to do so. >> the president and i talked about it. you know, i told him i didn't have any thoughts of getting out of the race. he didn't encourage me to get out of the race. >> suarez: republicans charged the democrats had engaged in the kind of cynical maneuvering that americans want to be rid of. republicans pounced on the reports. >> sreenivasan: the economy grew at a slightly faster pace last summer, 2%. the commerce department reported the increase today. it was due mainly to increased consumer spending. but on wall street, the major indexes were largely unchanged. the dow jones industrial average was up 4.5 to close at 11,118. the nasdaq rose just a fract
clinton said meek wanted to talk about bowing out. >> he was concerned that he and governor crist seemed to have frozen the moderate and progressive votes. he thought that there was a majority of people who did not want mr. rubio to win the senate seat, and he was concerned about it, and he was trying to determine what was the best thing for him to do. >> suarez: but meek denied that he ever considered stepping aside or ever agreed to do so. >> the president and i talked about...
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it was not only him being right and calling for regime change, i think secretary clinton has to get a lot of credit for what was done at the u.n., the way the nato alliance was handled. you know, i do, you know, i'm not convinced they've done everything right in regards to the arab spring but this is a clear moment when the u.s. played a very constructive role. and they deserve the credit. nobody will give it to them now but in a couple of years people will acknowledge this was a good thing. >> lehrer: do you think, going back to something that david said earlier, mark, do you think that this will be cited as a model for further, when something-- the next kind of libya thing comes up, well, we don't have to do with with boots on the ground. we can do it with drones and we can do it with sortees. >> i think it is, jim. i think this was a human rights intervention. >> lehrer: human rights intervention. >> it was to avoid-- it was to avoid massacre. that was the stated purpose. and now what is the continuing responsibility, obligation of nato and the united states as libya works out, i m
it was not only him being right and calling for regime change, i think secretary clinton has to get a lot of credit for what was done at the u.n., the way the nato alliance was handled. you know, i do, you know, i'm not convinced they've done everything right in regards to the arab spring but this is a clear moment when the u.s. played a very constructive role. and they deserve the credit. nobody will give it to them now but in a couple of years people will acknowledge this was a good thing....
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. >> rose: far cry from bill clinton. >> no, that's right. or lyndon b johnson. >> rose: or teddy kennedy. >> that's right, that's right. >> rose: they seemed to thrive on the flesh. >> yeah, he obviously doesn't. and. >> rose: but is he funny? >> i don't know how funny he is. i think that this campaign, this campaign was a lot about what would happen on the ground, as you know. and the obama people reminded me, remember old pauls in american cities, the kind of politician who knew every pole watcher by first name and all that. when they wanted to compliment somebody who they think really understands how thing works, they would say the man can count. >> rose: yes. >> that's right. >> and obama's guy kos count. >> rose: they could count, yes. >> and so they didn't have what was going on in their favor in 2008, the sort of excitement of it, the people's. >> rose: they are also good at gee-- geography. they can take somebody that wants to vote to the place where they can vote, that's a big deal. >> and this is a more effective method than trying
. >> rose: far cry from bill clinton. >> no, that's right. or lyndon b johnson. >> rose: or teddy kennedy. >> that's right, that's right. >> rose: they seemed to thrive on the flesh. >> yeah, he obviously doesn't. and. >> rose: but is he funny? >> i don't know how funny he is. i think that this campaign, this campaign was a lot about what would happen on the ground, as you know. and the obama people reminded me, remember old pauls in american...
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i think one of the big moments, actually was not long after president clinton became president there was a real shi of-- in washington. and i was able eventually to go and meet with him. the day before thanksgiving. when he was just about to go pardon his turkey. so i squeezed in... >> rose: pardon me please. pardon you. >> but i think the president of the united states making a statement of support was incredibly significant because it made a lot of other european allies who had been a bit kind of nervous. itstiffened their spine and got them behind the case then the next thing that happened was the election of the blair government in particular the fact that he put robin cook as foreign secretary and robin cook had a really personal passion to get this sorted out and suddenly there was a kind of energy there which there hadn't before. he said "we're going to fix this it can't stand, leave it to me, it's going to be done." so suddenly there was an energy in the british government suorted by-- real support from the united states. >> rose: how about people in the muslim community? >>
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and i think that president clinton had honestly become the most important figure not only in the free world but the most important in the economic world. and i think that he's doing a good job and that's one of the reason why i'm encouraged to work with him. >> when you have magic, it is because you are finally possessed of a spirit. maybe some people call it a muse. but i think that i am finally possessed of a spirit. >> rose: what kind of spirit? >> it's a spirit that comes from being sincere and from hang reverence and from being loyal and from study and hard work, comes to visit me when i come to the stage. and it's with me all the time too. at home, when i write, or if i practice any artful thing, it's a spirit. >> we are not asking for an immediate withdrawal. i don't think anybody would ask for an immediate withdrawal because right now i think the american forces as an occupy pog we are have a responsibility to restore peace and order inside iraq. this has not been achieved. they have a responsibility to restore the main services in iraq. this has not been achieved. so that we
and i think that president clinton had honestly become the most important figure not only in the free world but the most important in the economic world. and i think that he's doing a good job and that's one of the reason why i'm encouraged to work with him. >> when you have magic, it is because you are finally possessed of a spirit. maybe some people call it a muse. but i think that i am finally possessed of a spirit. >> rose: what kind of spirit? >> it's a spirit that comes...
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but, you know, i think secretary clinton gave a very fine speech in qatar a few weeks ago really on the cuss-of all this. she made it very clear i thought in very direct and candid terms that the middle east was facing the very challenge that has now erupted in tunisia and in egypt. i think that, you know, for some time many of us have been talking privately with leaders over there and occasionally publicly. last year i spoke at the islamic conference and similarly laid out thoughts about what was to come if there wasn't better governance, if there wasn't a response to the aspirations of people if they didn't work to address the humiliation and anger and frustration of young people growing up without opportunities. that's what this is about. i think if we altogether move to address it, it can actually wind up helping us with respect to larger challenges we face of radical, extreme religious exploitation and terrorism and other problems in south asia and, in fact, in other parts of the world. >> suarez: john kerry is the chairman ofhe senate foreign relations committee. senator, thanks f
but, you know, i think secretary clinton gave a very fine speech in qatar a few weeks ago really on the cuss-of all this. she made it very clear i thought in very direct and candid terms that the middle east was facing the very challenge that has now erupted in tunisia and in egypt. i think that, you know, for some time many of us have been talking privately with leaders over there and occasionally publicly. last year i spoke at the islamic conference and similarly laid out thoughts about what...
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. >> rose: the welfare reform act under president clinton. >> so we had to catch up in some respects. but we're doing that and the british government, certainly in my lifetime, the first time we've aggressively tackled the rising cost of entitlement. >> rose: have you done it -- and someone said i think writing about you that at least it stopped diing. meing at you made the cuts but they realized that to make more cuts would be dangerous. >> i would say we're climbing out of a hole that britain fell into. we're -- again, other countries had to do it. very hi def it is, a rising that needed to be tackled and it's taken longer than we hope because of the international economic situation, the euro zone and, indeed, some of the issues we've had in our own banking system but we are doing it. lo at brita. britn ha faced up to its problems, it's got a political system that can deliver answers and we're doing in the a way that is unashamedly pro-business pro the private sector. >> rose: the theory of the case from the chancellor of the exchequer is get government out of the way? >> i wouldn't
. >> rose: the welfare reform act under president clinton. >> so we had to catch up in some respects. but we're doing that and the british government, certainly in my lifetime, the first time we've aggressively tackled the rising cost of entitlement. >> rose: have you done it -- and someone said i think writing about you that at least it stopped diing. meing at you made the cuts but they realized that to make more cuts would be dangerous. >> i would say we're climbing...
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hillary clinton "wha happened yesterday at th united nations was a straj city." boop boop boop "a great disappointment." a moral stain of the united nations. i think they're saying it for different reason but i'm interested... yes? >> i think those loud statements is really a waste of diplomatic munition and they should think hard if they were trying to turn the syrian situation in some kind of russia-baiting exercise becausety think many ways they nd russia more than we need them on so of the tough issues before us. >> rose: clearly there's issues of iran and... >> a lot of them. so it will be very bad mistake that they go down that road. >> rose: do you feel that a bit? >> well, i hope it's not going to happen. those emotional statements i think they should have been made. we have taken note of them and they will feel that we have taken no of them. >> rose: they being france and... >> well, those countries, members of the security cncil who ve been making tho statements bu my personal but very strong opinion, if you will, is exactly at i said. that somehow it t
hillary clinton "wha happened yesterday at th united nations was a straj city." boop boop boop "a great disappointment." a moral stain of the united nations. i think they're saying it for different reason but i'm interested... yes? >> i think those loud statements is really a waste of diplomatic munition and they should think hard if they were trying to turn the syrian situation in some kind of russia-baiting exercise becausety think many ways they nd russia more than...
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a final decision to allow or reject the pipeline will come from secretary of state clinton and ultimately president obama. it's expected by the end of the year. and we have our own debate on the keystone pipeline project now, with robert bryce, managing editor of "energy tribune magazine." and bill mckibben an enviromentalist, author and organizer of the ongoing protests in washington this week. bill mckinnon, why these protests? what are the key problems you see with this project. >> you know, this has turned into the biggest civil disobedience action in the environmental movement in a generation. the reason is that these tar sands in alberta is a big deal. it's the second largest pool of carbon on earth after the oil fields of saudi arabia. jim hanssen of nasa who was arrested today, really the world's foremost climate scientist, said as he was speaking this morning, if we go ahead and begin tapping these unconventional energy sources of which the tar sands are the biggest example, it is-- and i quote-- essentially game over for the climate. since for once obama can stop a project witho
a final decision to allow or reject the pipeline will come from secretary of state clinton and ultimately president obama. it's expected by the end of the year. and we have our own debate on the keystone pipeline project now, with robert bryce, managing editor of "energy tribune magazine." and bill mckibben an enviromentalist, author and organizer of the ongoing protests in washington this week. bill mckinnon, why these protests? what are the key problems you see with this project....
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you recall that when president clinton was a long-time support supporter of equal rights tried to reform the military, the best compromise he could get was at that time "don't ask, don't tell." >> rose: right. >> people forget "don't ask, don't tell" started out as progress. but it was only halfway progress. and by the time senator gillibrand and the others led the fight last year, they were able to eliminate that and really get equality in the military. >> rose: it interesting because i had a leading conservative thinker here and i just said to him tell me one area in which you have changed your opinion over the last 25 years and he said "same-sex marriage." >> and the kato institute that is probably the preeminent conservative think tank-- now maybe they wouldn't like that particular label but i think that's the way they're thought of-- strongly supports marriage equality. >> rose: characterize the argument made by your opponents in california when you made the case for same-sex marriage. >> i have a really hard time characterizing them. i'm usually very able and i think you know to be
you recall that when president clinton was a long-time support supporter of equal rights tried to reform the military, the best compromise he could get was at that time "don't ask, don't tell." >> rose: right. >> people forget "don't ask, don't tell" started out as progress. but it was only halfway progress. and by the time senator gillibrand and the others led the fight last year, they were able to eliminate that and really get equality in the military. >>...
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. >> rose: hillary clinton famously today somebody overheard on an open mic, how d you admonish your bankers?" speaking of something she wanted to say to the chinese over there. does that banker creditor relationship have an impact on this relationship. >> i would counter the secretary's insight with perhaps the other one which is when you owe the bank a million dollars it's your problem, when you owe them a trillion it's their problem. i think this is a very interactive, locked together there are questions about the u.s. fiscal outlook and china is a sort of separate part of that. i don't think that's part of the -- >> rose: you're optimistic about sglurp >> well, i'm less pessimistic. when we've spoken in the past i've always been the most pessimistic person in the room and i went into -- earlier this summer i was deeply, deeply pessimistic because i thought that -- and i've never thought the pessimism/optimism should be about economics, it's always about the politics in europe and i was very pessimist that i can germany in particular but others in europe really had the political w
. >> rose: hillary clinton famously today somebody overheard on an open mic, how d you admonish your bankers?" speaking of something she wanted to say to the chinese over there. does that banker creditor relationship have an impact on this relationship. >> i would counter the secretary's insight with perhaps the other one which is when you owe the bank a million dollars it's your problem, when you owe them a trillion it's their problem. i think this is a very interactive,...
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secretary of state hillary clinton denied any u.s. involvement. >> i want to categorically deny any united states involvement in any kind of actf violence inside iran. we believe that there has to be an understanding between iran, its neighbors and the international community that finds a way forward for it to end its provocative behavior and its search for nuclear weapons and we join the international community to be a productive member of it. >> rose: increased sanctions against tehran followeby the iranian threat to shut down the strait of hormuz has escalated tensions in recent weeks. despite the growing economic pressure, iran announced over the weekend the production at its second uranium enrichment plant is imminent. join me from washington, d.c. is david ignatius from the "washington post" and in new york gary sick of columbia university and john miller, former official at the f.b.i., senior correspondent for cbs news and my colleague on "this morning." let me begin with david ignatius. david, how do you explain this covert ac
secretary of state hillary clinton denied any u.s. involvement. >> i want to categorically deny any united states involvement in any kind of actf violence inside iran. we believe that there has to be an understanding between iran, its neighbors and the international community that finds a way forward for it to end its provocative behavior and its search for nuclear weapons and we join the international community to be a productive member of it. >> rose: increased sanctions against...
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citizenship to churchill winston churchill and you've got the citation signed by president clinton... president kennedy and the u.s. passport which winston churchill never used. >> so as much churchill loved america, america loved churchill. >> absolutely and that's what this egs big is all about. churchill was a great reader and writer of history he engaged with history. that's with american history just as much as with european history. >> so& f.d.r. and roosevelt is a great story. >> well, these are lines by abraham lincoln that roosevelt along a wonderful inscription where he's written at the bottom "for winston on his birthday, i would go even to tehran to be with him again." and churchill was someone who lived by his pe his whole career is underpinned by writing. >> he actually rarely put pen to paper himself so what is the significance of this typewriter you have in the exhibition? >> you're absolutely right. churchill's favorite method of working was by dictationç this is this is what was then a state-of-the-art silence typewrite sore his secretaries could take down this torr
citizenship to churchill winston churchill and you've got the citation signed by president clinton... president kennedy and the u.s. passport which winston churchill never used. >> so as much churchill loved america, america loved churchill. >> absolutely and that's what this egs big is all about. churchill was a great reader and writer of history he engaged with history. that's with american history just as much as with european history. >> so& f.d.r. and roosevelt is a...
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. >> reporter: former president bill clinton headlined a rally in west virginia for governor joe manchin running for the u.s. senate. >> you have to fly away from your common sense with the country in the economic trouble we have with the budget challenges we have to deny not just west virginiaians but america the chance to have one of the finest governors that i've ever seen who turned this state around in 15 different ways to go to washington and try to help bring people together to actually solve our problems instead of to keep fighting. >> reporter: for his part president obama told a radio interviewer that the country's future depends in key ways on people turning out to vote tomorrow. >> you prove.... >> reporter: and the democratic national committee issued a final ad urging democratic voters to get to the polls. >> we cannot sit this one out. >> reporter: but the last of the pre-election polls showed a potentially devastating picture for democrats on tuesday. a wall street journal snrb/nbc survey found republicans holding the advantage among likely voters. the margin in the u.s.
. >> reporter: former president bill clinton headlined a rally in west virginia for governor joe manchin running for the u.s. senate. >> you have to fly away from your common sense with the country in the economic trouble we have with the budget challenges we have to deny not just west virginiaians but america the chance to have one of the finest governors that i've ever seen who turned this state around in 15 different ways to go to washington and try to help bring people together...
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who is a former speech writer and domestic policy advisor fo prident clinton and adventure catalistnd entreprenr the first nonfamily member to invest in amazon i am pleased to have him here at my table for the first time to talk about exactly what they have done in their message, the first book was called the true patriot, and was that the foundation for this? >> yes. i suppose, in the true patriot, we argued that progressives needed to reclaim patriotism, and that we had left patriotism be sort of a highjacked by the right, although the left, we on the left did a great job of essentially letting it go, the core argument in the true patriot was if you take patrtism seousl that is to say putting country first as john mccain puts it you end up with a set of very progressive central, and, values, and i suppose at the core of the argument is, that .. a millions act of selfishness don't add up to be a great -- don't create a good society and that being selfish and narrow, you know, narrowly self centered in this sort of way that our culture points us to reallys, in the american context, im
who is a former speech writer and domestic policy advisor fo prident clinton and adventure catalistnd entreprenr the first nonfamily member to invest in amazon i am pleased to have him here at my table for the first time to talk about exactly what they have done in their message, the first book was called the true patriot, and was that the foundation for this? >> yes. i suppose, in the true patriot, we argued that progressives needed to reclaim patriotism, and that we had left patriotism...
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bill clinton helped free two u.s. journalists in 2009. >> when we walked through the doors we saw standing before us president bill clinton. ( applause ) >> reporter: but these visits are orchestrated say critics, by a regime desperate for aid and assistance. >> holman: a state department spokesman said today the u.s. is still trying to learn the facts of bae's case. no one from the swedish embassy in pyongyang, which handles consular matters in north korea for the u.s. was at the legal proceeding today. the number of deaths from the collapse of a garment factory in bangladesh rose to 433 today. relatives of the missing searched for the remains of their loved ones as bodies were laid out for identification. police reported 149 people still are missing. it's the worst disaster in bangladesh's garment industry worth an estimated $20 billion a year. a wildfire threatened homes and a university campus in southern california today. it erupted this morning near camarillo 50 miles west of los angeles. gusty santa ana winds m
bill clinton helped free two u.s. journalists in 2009. >> when we walked through the doors we saw standing before us president bill clinton. ( applause ) >> reporter: but these visits are orchestrated say critics, by a regime desperate for aid and assistance. >> holman: a state department spokesman said today the u.s. is still trying to learn the facts of bae's case. no one from the swedish embassy in pyongyang, which handles consular matters in north korea for the u.s. was at...
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and if took, well, president clinton, to a point, senator mitchell and it took senator mitchell to go in there and listen to us. because you know how we clatter on, right. it is just like for 700 years. >> rose: you like to talk. >> exactly. and he went in and for two years, he sat in and listened to us and elise ened to every side. not just two sides but four sides, six sides, sometimes eight sides. elise ened to the women. elise ened to the children. and his beauty was that he embraced silence. he allowed people to fell him what they felt. and he didn't make any pronouncements, until, he had his son andrew and five months into the peace process, he said, i have to go home it is time. we've talked for years and years and years. it's 1998. on good friday, easter time, let's use the symbolism and let's have a peace agreement. and low and behold, he worked it, lots of people worked it. the canteen ladies worked it. the people who were driving cars, they worked it. blair worked it, hearn worked gerry adams worked it, mcguinness worked it but most of all the glue that held it together was
and if took, well, president clinton, to a point, senator mitchell and it took senator mitchell to go in there and listen to us. because you know how we clatter on, right. it is just like for 700 years. >> rose: you like to talk. >> exactly. and he went in and for two years, he sat in and listened to us and elise ened to every side. not just two sides but four sides, six sides, sometimes eight sides. elise ened to the women. elise ened to the children. and his beauty was that he...
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bush and bill clinton we took action. for a while, both parties agreed, says simon johnson. >> there was a bipartisan agreement to raise revenue and put something of a damper on spending. so that's an important moment in the bigger picture, of course, that was just a small hesitation on the part of a much larger national debt. >> reporter: because in the bigger picture, a president just can't accomplish very much if he's cutting spending and won't raise taxes. and so yet again, more borrowing. under presidents george w. bush and barack obama. higher deficits and debt that, because of the graying baby boom, are fated to get even worse. >> the population was always going to age, the baby boomers were going to retire. they were paying a lot of social security contributions in 1990s. we were always going to shift into structural deficit for that reason. >> reporter: that's why even though we've been in deeper hot water before as a percentage of the economy, this time really may be different. with the baby boom hanging it up,
bush and bill clinton we took action. for a while, both parties agreed, says simon johnson. >> there was a bipartisan agreement to raise revenue and put something of a damper on spending. so that's an important moment in the bigger picture, of course, that was just a small hesitation on the part of a much larger national debt. >> reporter: because in the bigger picture, a president just can't accomplish very much if he's cutting spending and won't raise taxes. and so yet again, more...
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go all the way back to 1992 and bill clinton. so the hopes were high, and barack obama as we listen to the speech, hope and change are great themes. you can read a lot into it. you know, when you're sitting there in the audience and cheering and say he's obviously talking about the kind of change i want. but i don't think there's any question, if unemployment were at 6% or 7% or 5% right now, there would not be that sense of malaise and dissension in the ranks. given the rather remarkable legislative achievements that obama has accomplished already. >> how do you read this thing? >> we all look alike. i'm thinking about that. ann coulter and i look alike. i'm mystified be that. >> mist ystified? >> i'm mystified, you have 22% where you have faith in government and if you're a liberal it's tough and you should expect that. it's tough for people on the right too. because they don't get what they want either if you're a say libertarian. so you have the country against you. nevertheless -- >> so you're always working against the majo
go all the way back to 1992 and bill clinton. so the hopes were high, and barack obama as we listen to the speech, hope and change are great themes. you can read a lot into it. you know, when you're sitting there in the audience and cheering and say he's obviously talking about the kind of change i want. but i don't think there's any question, if unemployment were at 6% or 7% or 5% right now, there would not be that sense of malaise and dissension in the ranks. given the rather remarkable...
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he was the acting solicitor general during the clinton administration. jeffrey toobin of cnn and the "new yorker" magazine, stuart taylor of kaiser health news and joining me from chicago is richard epstein a professor of law at new york university. i'm pleased to have them here. i first want to adess th one questn fo each ofound i'll start from left to right with walter dellinger. how important is this supreme court case? walter? >> well, you know, the answer to that is twofold, charlie. because it would be of enormous consequence if the court were to told that this regulation that affects one seventh of the economy is outside the scope of congress's power to regulate commerce among the states. that would be, in my view, an extraordinary holding. if the court holds-- as a couple conservati judges did below, like judge silverman and judge sutton that of course it's a regulation of commerce or as others have argued it's a regulation of inevitable commerce of people that will engage in health care. it's a very limited ruling and i don't think it would be o
he was the acting solicitor general during the clinton administration. jeffrey toobin of cnn and the "new yorker" magazine, stuart taylor of kaiser health news and joining me from chicago is richard epstein a professor of law at new york university. i'm pleased to have them here. i first want to adess th one questn fo each ofound i'll start from left to right with walter dellinger. how important is this supreme court case? walter? >> well, you know, the answer to that is...
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clinton and mr. obama in america, they are eager, they are absolutely decided to go to the goal, to go to the target which is to help democracy to start in libya. >> rose: and is it the goal of the french president and the french forces to change the regime? to force mr. qaddafi either by some force that will come upon him or by his own decision to lead? >> i happened to be there when president sarkozy received the three emissaries of the free libyan council and he insisted very much on one point. he insisted on one point. we french, when we made our revolution, we did it by ourselves. we would not have liked anybody, even the most friendly friend, to do instead of us. so you, libyan, you will do your own revolution. all we can do is to help you. there is here a terrible unfair, unbalance of forces. you have on one side some planes some tanks, some heavy weapons. on the other side ill-equipped army. we can hope the correct the unbalance. now change your regime, change your regime. it's your business,
clinton and mr. obama in america, they are eager, they are absolutely decided to go to the goal, to go to the target which is to help democracy to start in libya. >> rose: and is it the goal of the french president and the french forces to change the regime? to force mr. qaddafi either by some force that will come upon him or by his own decision to lead? >> i happened to be there when president sarkozy received the three emissaries of the free libyan council and he insisted very...
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meanwhile, secretary of state hillary clinton arrived in myanmar, and said she hopes the new government pursues more reforms, after decades of military rule. she's the first u.s. secretary of state to visit there in more than 50 years. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: the president wants to extend a payroll tax cut. many republicans do too. but both sides are far apart on how, exactly, to get that done. it was no accident today that president obama took his campaign to get congress to extend a payroll tax cut to the must-win state of pennsylvania and to vice president biden's home town of scranton. >> we're fighting to rebuild an don't vote to raise taxes on working americans during the holidays. put money back into the pockets of working americans! do your jobs! pass this bill. >> ifill: the tax cut passed last december dropped the rate two points, to 4.2%. the white house estimates that reduction saved a typical family about $1,000. now, the president wants to slice the rate again, to just over 3%, for an average savings of $1,500. democrats woul
meanwhile, secretary of state hillary clinton arrived in myanmar, and said she hopes the new government pursues more reforms, after decades of military rule. she's the first u.s. secretary of state to visit there in more than 50 years. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: the president wants to extend a payroll tax cut. many republicans do too. but both sides are far apart on how, exactly, to get that done. it was no accident today that president obama...
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his confirmation to succeed hillary clinton at state is considered a virtual formality. >> brown: and we look at the kerry nomination and foreign policy challenges he'll face, with two men who've served as national security adviser to the president. zbigniew brzezinski held that position with president carter. he's now a counselor at the center for strategic and international studies. stephen hadley served under president george w. bush. he's currently a senior adviser at the united states institute of peace. welcome to both of you. first, zbigniew brzezinski, your thoughts on john kerry as nominee for secretary oftate? >> i think he's an absolutely top-notch choice. very good. experienced, solid, energetic with a broad vision and with a strong focus on trying to stabilize those parts of the world that are especially dangerous. i think he's practical, intelligent, well informed. >> brown: stephen hadley? >> he's in a way spent his whole life preparing for this job and it's good he did because he takes in the a very challenging time and i think he's going to have a lot ochallens bere h
his confirmation to succeed hillary clinton at state is considered a virtual formality. >> brown: and we look at the kerry nomination and foreign policy challenges he'll face, with two men who've served as national security adviser to the president. zbigniew brzezinski held that position with president carter. he's now a counselor at the center for strategic and international studies. stephen hadley served under president george w. bush. he's currently a senior adviser at the united...